Carpet-beater.



PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

' M. P. HAYWARD.

CARPET HEATER. 'APPLIOATION Hum ssn, 2s. 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application ned september 23,1904. Serin No. 225,547.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, .MELVILLE P. HAYWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Beaters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for beating carpets and rugs; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the machine arranged for beating a carpet spread horizontally. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is aside view of the machine arranged for beating a carpet hung. vertically. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the beater-joint drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through the parts I and K, showing the hole p..

A is a base.

B is an upright secured to the base, and C is a brace which secures the upright to the base.

D is the driving-shaft, journaled in a bearing d in the upper part of the upright, and E is a grooved driving-wheel secured on the said shaft and provided with a projecting crankhandle e for revolving it. A handle e is secured to the upright for holding the machine in position while being operated.

F is a crank-shaft journaled in a bearing f in the lower part of the upright, and G is a small driving-pulley secured on the said crankshaft. The pulley G is grooved, and g is a cord or other similar driving connection which passes over the wheel E and pulley G. H is a balanced crank-plate secured to lthe said crank-shaft and provided with a crank-pin z.

I is the beater-arm, provided with a pivotpin c' at one end, and e" represents eyes secured to the base in different positions for the said pivot-pin to engage with. I is a connecting-rod which connects the said beaterarm with the crank-pin L.

J is a socket secured to the free end of the beater-arm, and J is a shoe which is pivoted to the said socket by a pin j.

K is the beater, which is formed of any approved elastic material. This beater is secured in the said shoe at one end and has a rearwardly-projecting portion k.

N is a bolt which passes through a hole in the end portion of the beater-arm and through a slot in the projecting end portion of the beater. This bolt is provided with a tensionspring n, and u is a thumb-nut screwed on the said bolt and regulating the tension of the said spring. The hole p for the bolt in the beater-arm is elongated, so that when the beater is not required in use the bolt can be turned to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4 in order that the beater may be disengaged from it and folded up against the machine. The spiral spring is compressed slightly at each blow of the beater and enables the beater to yield slightly in striking the carpet.

R is a leg which is slidable in guides s, secured to the upright B, and t is a thumbscrew which passes through a slot s in the leg and engages with the upright, so that the said leg can be secured to it in any desired position. When the machine is to be used for beating a carpet which is suspended vertically, the leg is pushed out andl secured as shown in Fig. 3, and the beater-arm is pivoted to the eye at the front end of the base instead of the eye at its rear end. The beaterarm can be secured in intermediate positions, if desired, to suit carpets supported at different angles.

What I claim isl. In a carpet-beater, the combination, with a pivoted beater-arm, and driving devices for Vibrating it; of a beater of flexible material pivoted to the said arm, and a slidable bolt and atension-spring connecting the said beater with the said arm.

2. In a carpet-beater, the combination, with a base provided with a plurality of pivot-eyes, and an upright secured to the said base; of a beater-arm provided with a beater and a pivotpin for engaging with the said beater-eyes, driving devices for vibrating the said beaterarm carried by the said upright, guides secured to the said upright, and a slidable leg engaging with the said guides and provided with a fastening device and adapted to support the said base at various angles.

In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MELVILLE P. HAYWARD. 

